AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thank you to my sister Corinne for helping me with this story! Anyway, you will be finding out what is wrong with Greg next chapter.

Also, because I have been updating daily, I slowly lost my lead on you guys. I just finished Chapter 21, so I have to start writing faster!

With the stress of finals, I may not be able to write more or another chapter again until the end of next week, so I apologize now. Updating will be delayed for most likely this weekend and the beginning of next week. I will update Chapter 19 tomorrow, and possibly Chapter 20 Saturday night - - after that, I will be studying. Hopefully you guys will be okay for a few days.

Krazy - - "I am so sad and predictable." You are the queen of understatements, aren't you? (J/K)

I would like to dedicate this chapter to Erin Kincade. I can consistently expect long, flattering reviews and tons of positive feedback from her. Thanks so much Erin - - your words mean a lot to me. Thank you for not just only reading my FanFiction stories, but also my poetry at FictionPress. And yes - - my day today was great.

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when i wake up, the first thing i notice is that i am no longer at the hospital.

next, i scream.

at first, i was expecting nick or catherine to come running in, but instead it's warrick.

he stares at me with pity - - which i hate - - and then comes to sit down beside me on the bed - - he is trying to comfort me and try to make up for greg's absence, which i hate even more then pity.

'leave me alone,' i grumble. 'i don't want your pity.'

he gives me one of those looks. 'then why did you scream?'

my brain quickly comes up with a lie. 'because i didn't know where i was.'

warrick looks at me like he knows i am lying but won't call me on it. 'you want something to eat?' he asks.

'depends on who's cooking.'

warrick laughs and leads me to the kitchen. 'grissom wanted to, but none of us trusted him to make a normal meal.'

i stop dead in my tracks when i hear grissom's name. 'he's here?' i ask.

he looks at me like i had the rage from "28 days later." 'of course he is. after he heard about what happened to greg...'

my head shoots up. 'what happened? i fainted before i could hear any news from the doctors.'

warrick looked at me for a moment, almost contemplating whether or not to tell me.

when warrick finally spoke, i regretted asking. he looked at me calmly, eyes sad. 'sara,' he began, voice quiet. 'you might want to sit down.'